This guy just seems sooooo nice in interviews.
Jackman Takes Up Piano Lessons To Master Broadway Debut
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X-Men star Hugh Jackman is so determined to wow audiences in his Broadway, New York, debut as flamboyant performer Peter Allen - he's learning to play the piano. The Aussie actor returns to his musical roots to play the Australian song-and- dance man in The Boy From Oz this autumn - and he's making sure he looks great on stage. He knows he has to be at the top of his game after seeing Allen perform when he was a child. Jackman says, "I just figure if Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep can learn instruments for a role I can. I did study piano for six years when I was younger." He has also adopted a rigorous fitness regime to make sure he's in tip-top shape for his nightly turns as Allen. He adds, "I've been sort of training, doing some yoga, and trying to stretch and get into shape. I've completely gone off sugar and coffee - and I love coffee - because I figured there's so much adrenaline you use in the show."
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MUSIC MAN: Hugh Jackman gets his groove on while rehearsing along with fellow cast members for his new Broadway musical, The Boy from Oz. The show, about the late Australian musician Peter Allen, goes into previews on Sept. 16.
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Older pic I had in "random celeb pics" thread, but thought I'd post over here too.
WIZARD OF OZ: Multitalented Aussie Hugh Jackman signs autographs and camps it up on the first day of ticket sales for his broadway debut, The Boy from Oz. The musical, in which Jackman portrays the late entertainer Peter Allen, opens in October.
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WIZARD OF OZ: Multitalented Aussie Hugh Jackman signs autographs and camps it up on the first day of ticket sales for his broadway debut, The Boy from Oz. The musical, in which Jackman portrays the late entertainer Peter Allen, opens in October.
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FANS who see Hugh Jackman in "The Boy From Oz," a Broadway take on the flamboyant life of choreographer Peter Allen, won't get to see as much of the Australian hunk as Carl Goldberg did.
Goldberg is the shirtmaker-to-the-stars who also helped costume the cast of "Hairspray," "Urinetown," "Gypsy," "Little Shop" and three productions of "Mamma Mia!"
While Goldberg's costumes are top-notch, his backstage banter is even better. The wardrober sees Broadway's biggest stars without makeup and the tales he has to tell about them would make a fine production in its own right.
Jackman, for instance, shared his belief that he possesses the legs of a showgirl. While Goldberg admits they were long, they weren't his cup of tea.
"Jason Alexander perspires so much, he wears a special anti-perspirant on his head so he won't short out the microphones," Goldberg tells PAGE SIX's Michael Rovner. "They had a really difficult time finding a suit to fit him. He's a fireplug, and he knows it."
Nathan Lane , while being measured for his costumes in "The Producers," gave Goldberg a dramatic reading of "his most bizarre fan mail from a crackpot stalker fan, and Nathan was being Nathan which is terribly amusing." It wasn't the only fun Goldberg had with the show. "I'm a nice Jewish boy whose favorite task is measuring the stormtrooper babes," says Goldberg of the curvy chorus girls featured in the "Springtime for Hitler" number.
Goldberg calls Shakespeare in the Park star John Goodman a "two-tape measure customer. Everyone at the Public Theater said he hates to be measured because he's so big, but he was as nice as can be."
In 20 years of making shirts, the self-described "second-generation garmento" calls Bronson Pinchot , another Shakespeare in the Park actor, his toughest challenge. "I began to measure him and he leapt away, it was very weird, and then he left without a fitting."
While Goldberg's fashion credentials include stints with Tommy Hilfiger, Geoffrey Beene and Sean John, the biggest diva he ever had to deal with was Donna Karan 's dog "who made himself comfortable on a pile of Italian cashmere sweaters worth $5,000 and all the assistants were afraid to do anything because of who his master was."
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FANS who see Hugh Jackman in "The Boy From Oz," a Broadway take on the flamboyant life of choreographer Peter Allen, won't get to see as much of the Australian hunk as Carl Goldberg did.
Goldberg is the shirtmaker-to-the-stars who also helped costume the cast of "Hairspray," "Urinetown," "Gypsy," "Little Shop" and three productions of "Mamma Mia!"
While Goldberg's costumes are top-notch, his backstage banter is even better. The wardrober sees Broadway's biggest stars without makeup and the tales he has to tell about them would make a fine production in its own right.
Jackman, for instance, shared his belief that he possesses the legs of a showgirl. While Goldberg admits they were long, they weren't his cup of tea.
"Jason Alexander perspires so much, he wears a special anti-perspirant on his head so he won't short out the microphones," Goldberg tells PAGE SIX's Michael Rovner. "They had a really difficult time finding a suit to fit him. He's a fireplug, and he knows it."
Nathan Lane , while being measured for his costumes in "The Producers," gave Goldberg a dramatic reading of "his most bizarre fan mail from a crackpot stalker fan, and Nathan was being Nathan which is terribly amusing." It wasn't the only fun Goldberg had with the show. "I'm a nice Jewish boy whose favorite task is measuring the stormtrooper babes," says Goldberg of the curvy chorus girls featured in the "Springtime for Hitler" number.
Goldberg calls Shakespeare in the Park star John Goodman a "two-tape measure customer. Everyone at the Public Theater said he hates to be measured because he's so big, but he was as nice as can be."
In 20 years of making shirts, the self-described "second-generation garmento" calls Bronson Pinchot , another Shakespeare in the Park actor, his toughest challenge. "I began to measure him and he leapt away, it was very weird, and then he left without a fitting."
While Goldberg's fashion credentials include stints with Tommy Hilfiger, Geoffrey Beene and Sean John, the biggest diva he ever had to deal with was Donna Karan 's dog "who made himself comfortable on a pile of Italian cashmere sweaters worth $5,000 and all the assistants were afraid to do anything because of who his master was."
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Critics Love Jackman, But Not His Show
STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN
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Hunky Hugh Jackman , whose mere presence as the lead in "The Boy from Oz," helped generate a $10 million box-office advance for the new musical, opened on Broadway Thursday night.
The critics collectively adored him as the late Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen. And, just as collectively, they scorned the material he's saddled with.
"Let's make this simple," writes Clive Barnes in the Post. "The show's plus is its superstar. The show's minus is the show itself."
"As a show, 'The Boy From Oz' sometimes seems like an expanded drag act," writes Howard Kissel in the News, while the headline on Michael Kuchwara's Associated Press story bluntly states, "Hugh Jackman Can't Save 'Boy From Oz.'"
As for The New York Times, generally considered to be the final word on theater, critic Ben Brantley, in his review, ponders how an "able-bodied, infinitely appealing young man" like the "X-Men" star can bear to carry the "burden" of such an "indisputably bogus" and "pathetic" show as "Oz."
"Don't even get me started on the aspiring clever double entendres that pass for sophisticated dialogue," Brantley says of Martin Sherman's book, which, the Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout considers "the theatrical equivalent of a cheesy TV movie." (Teachout does concede that his female friends consider Jackman "babelicious.")
The Washington Post's Peter Marks thinks the entire endeavor just should have been called "Hugh Jackman's Chest Hair! The Musical."
Before the opening, Jackman, 34, told Show People magazine (no relation to PEOPLE): "Peter is an amazing part. He was cheeky, and could be catty and nasty. He slept with women and men, whomever, whenever. ? Everything about him was 'aahhhh.'"
How the critical reaction will ultimately affect "The Boy from Oz" remains to be seen. Traditionally, when a star of Jackman's magnitude leaves a weak show (a classic example is "Coco," which starred Katharine Hepburn in 1970, since really big movie marquee names rarely go to Broadway), the closing notice promptly goes up.
Jackman is reportedly committed to "Oz" for one year.
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STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN
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Hunky Hugh Jackman , whose mere presence as the lead in "The Boy from Oz," helped generate a $10 million box-office advance for the new musical, opened on Broadway Thursday night.
The critics collectively adored him as the late Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen. And, just as collectively, they scorned the material he's saddled with.
"Let's make this simple," writes Clive Barnes in the Post. "The show's plus is its superstar. The show's minus is the show itself."
"As a show, 'The Boy From Oz' sometimes seems like an expanded drag act," writes Howard Kissel in the News, while the headline on Michael Kuchwara's Associated Press story bluntly states, "Hugh Jackman Can't Save 'Boy From Oz.'"
As for The New York Times, generally considered to be the final word on theater, critic Ben Brantley, in his review, ponders how an "able-bodied, infinitely appealing young man" like the "X-Men" star can bear to carry the "burden" of such an "indisputably bogus" and "pathetic" show as "Oz."
"Don't even get me started on the aspiring clever double entendres that pass for sophisticated dialogue," Brantley says of Martin Sherman's book, which, the Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout considers "the theatrical equivalent of a cheesy TV movie." (Teachout does concede that his female friends consider Jackman "babelicious.")
The Washington Post's Peter Marks thinks the entire endeavor just should have been called "Hugh Jackman's Chest Hair! The Musical."
Before the opening, Jackman, 34, told Show People magazine (no relation to PEOPLE): "Peter is an amazing part. He was cheeky, and could be catty and nasty. He slept with women and men, whomever, whenever. ? Everything about him was 'aahhhh.'"
How the critical reaction will ultimately affect "The Boy from Oz" remains to be seen. Traditionally, when a star of Jackman's magnitude leaves a weak show (a classic example is "Coco," which starred Katharine Hepburn in 1970, since really big movie marquee names rarely go to Broadway), the closing notice promptly goes up.
Jackman is reportedly committed to "Oz" for one year.
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HUGH DONE IT
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Hollywood hunk Hugh Jackman (aka Wolverine) revealed some nicely toned abs during his opening night Broadway performance of The Boy from Oz. Jackman downplayed the catcalls as he entered the show's afterparty at Copacabana, a spacious club on New York's West Side. "I presumed it was just my wife," he told us with a sheepish-looking grin. He may have been right. Jackman's spouse, actress Deborra-Lee Furness, looked coy when we asked how she enjoyed the show: "I thought the lead guy had the cutest butt I've ever seen onstage."]]>
Did you know...
... that if Halle Berry were a man, she'd be Hugh Jackman? When asked who she would want to be if she could be a man for a day, she replied Jackman because "he's got a killer body and a heart of gold."
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... that if Halle Berry were a man, she'd be Hugh Jackman? When asked who she would want to be if she could be a man for a day, she replied Jackman because "he's got a killer body and a heart of gold."
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HUGH DIPS REBECCA: Hugh Jackman, with Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, shows off the fancy footwork he's displaying on Broadway in The Boy from Oz, as Patrick Stewart and Famke Janssen look on, at the DVD release party for their movie X2: X-Men United in New York City.
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Did anyone catch Hugh on PBS's Great Performances of Oklahoma on the Saturday before Thanksgiving? It was a performance from London directed by Trevor Nunn. He was absolutely FABULOUS. He has it all - looks, charisma, presence, acting ability and a great voice.
I also had the pleasure of being there while they were raising money for AIDS. What this meant was that the cast remained onstage after curtain and auctioned off various items. Hugh's t-shirt (complete with sweaty DNA) went for $6,000. I think the towel went for $2k. Then, for $500, the first ten in line down front could get their picture taken with him AND an autograph. My son and I were almost trampled in a stampede as we headed for the exit. ]]>
EARNED: Despite terrible reviews for the show but great ones for its star, Hugh Jackman , the stage musical "The Boy From Oz" made a record $894,330 last week, despite Broadway being battered by snow, says the Hollywood Reporter. That allegedly beats the show's previous $888,023 record, set the previous week (Thanksgiving) and marks a house record for the venerable Imperial Theater, which has housed such Broadway blockbusters as "Les Miserables," "Dreamgirls" and the original "Fiddler on the Roof."]]>
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So the show is getting bad reviews?? MC was the show really that bad??
No, it was great. The script probably wasn't the greatest - Peter Allen wrote wonderful songs, but I never really cared for his brand of showmanship. Also, aside from being discovered by Judy Garland and being married to Liza Minelli, his personal life was portrayed as ordinary. (IMO) However, Hugh Jackman rocked! I knew about the reviews before I went (basically they're saying that the script sucked but Jackman was worth the price of admission). Hugh mastered every nuance of Peter Allen's onstage persona. In fact, I'd venture to say that I preferred Jackman's version to the real deal. ]]>
MC - glad you enjoyed it. I know someone who had flown into NY for the weekend and couldn't get tickets. Sounds like it's popular no matter what the critics say.
STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN
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Proving the critics right -- that without its sexy star, Hugh Jackman, there's just nothing to the Broadway show "The Boy From Oz" -- producers of the musical will shut down the production while the "X-Men" star takes his winter and spring vacations.
"Oz," a musical biography of the late Australian entertainer and songwriter Peter Allen, will be dark from Feb. 1-6 and again from March 28-April 2 while its hardworking star takes some time off, Joe Perrotta, a spokesman for the show, tells the Associated Press.
Traditionally on Broadway, when a star is on vacation, an understudy quietly takes over, though there have been some long-ago special cases in which a guest star is brought in. During a late '70s revival of "The King and I," when Yul Brynner took time off, Angela Lansbury took over the female lead role to keep up the show's star power. Liza Minnelli also once famously took over for Gwen Verdon in the original production of "Chicago."
Jackman, 35, who is literally the entire show, hasn't missed a single performance since "Oz" opened at the Imperial Theatre on Oct. 16 and quickly became a must-see tourist attraction, even among such celebrities as Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, who went backstage after the performance to meet Jackman.
So strong is the Jackman appeal that at a recent post-performance auction of the sweaty T-shirt he wears during the show, a woman in the audience bid $600 -- and off Jackman's chest it came. (The money went to Broadway Cares, which helps people in the theater living with AIDS.)
Despite the initial reviews, which were brilliant for Jackson but brutal for the book, direction and sets (and, in many cases, even for the music and lyrics, all by Allen), "The Boy From Oz" has been doing strong business, setting a house record at the Imperial last week with a gross of $903,803.
It was the third week in a row the musical has broken the house record.
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Proving the critics right -- that without its sexy star, Hugh Jackman, there's just nothing to the Broadway show "The Boy From Oz" -- producers of the musical will shut down the production while the "X-Men" star takes his winter and spring vacations.
"Oz," a musical biography of the late Australian entertainer and songwriter Peter Allen, will be dark from Feb. 1-6 and again from March 28-April 2 while its hardworking star takes some time off, Joe Perrotta, a spokesman for the show, tells the Associated Press.
Traditionally on Broadway, when a star is on vacation, an understudy quietly takes over, though there have been some long-ago special cases in which a guest star is brought in. During a late '70s revival of "The King and I," when Yul Brynner took time off, Angela Lansbury took over the female lead role to keep up the show's star power. Liza Minnelli also once famously took over for Gwen Verdon in the original production of "Chicago."
Jackman, 35, who is literally the entire show, hasn't missed a single performance since "Oz" opened at the Imperial Theatre on Oct. 16 and quickly became a must-see tourist attraction, even among such celebrities as Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, who went backstage after the performance to meet Jackman.
So strong is the Jackman appeal that at a recent post-performance auction of the sweaty T-shirt he wears during the show, a woman in the audience bid $600 -- and off Jackman's chest it came. (The money went to Broadway Cares, which helps people in the theater living with AIDS.)
Despite the initial reviews, which were brilliant for Jackson but brutal for the book, direction and sets (and, in many cases, even for the music and lyrics, all by Allen), "The Boy From Oz" has been doing strong business, setting a house record at the Imperial last week with a gross of $903,803.
It was the third week in a row the musical has broken the house record.
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The real-estate dope I hear from Manhattan has Hugh Jackman moving in with Nicole Kidman at a very pricey hang in Greenwich Village. No, not together together (here we go again). I just mean in the same damn building, 'kay?
This Boy from Oz now has his own chunk of a celeb-soaked Richard Meier pied-Ã -terre and will live ever so neighborly with fellow Aussie expat Ms. Nic, as well as designing mogul Calvin Klein. Perhaps H.J. will ask that a private entrance be constructed for him, too?
(Like whom, I wonder?)
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Liz Smith
NY Post
IF YOU COULD SEE Hugh Jackman April 26 in a black and white suit designed by the great Tom Ford, performing three songs at the Costume Institute benefit dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, wouldn't you just think that would be the nuts? Tom's design is inspired by the sleek style of the 1960s Sinatra Rat Pack. Hugh is also doing a number from his upcoming solo album.
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IF YOU COULD SEE Hugh Jackman April 26 in a black and white suit designed by the great Tom Ford, performing three songs at the Costume Institute benefit dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, wouldn't you just think that would be the nuts? Tom's design is inspired by the sleek style of the 1960s Sinatra Rat Pack. Hugh is also doing a number from his upcoming solo album.
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Believe it or not, an "X-Men" star started out as an ?X-rated? star! HUGH JACKMAN got his star in front of the camera by starring in porn films. Hugh says he did a couple of porn movies, but didn?t name them, so you?ll have to find them yourself.
Jackman Wins Dance Award
Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has scooped a prestigious award for his dancing skills in Broadway, New York show The Boy From Oz. The Australian Van Helsing hunk and Donna Murphy - star of rival show Wonderful Town - have won the 2004 TDF-Astaire Awards as the best male and female dancers in theatre. Kathleen Marshall, who directed and choreographed Wonderful Town, was named best choreographer. The prizes are given each year by the Theatre Development Fund and Robyn Smith Astaire, widow of the legendary dancer Fred Astaire. The awards will be presented at a New York ceremony later this month.
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Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has scooped a prestigious award for his dancing skills in Broadway, New York show The Boy From Oz. The Australian Van Helsing hunk and Donna Murphy - star of rival show Wonderful Town - have won the 2004 TDF-Astaire Awards as the best male and female dancers in theatre. Kathleen Marshall, who directed and choreographed Wonderful Town, was named best choreographer. The prizes are given each year by the Theatre Development Fund and Robyn Smith Astaire, widow of the legendary dancer Fred Astaire. The awards will be presented at a New York ceremony later this month.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT
-- Hugh Jackman worked as a clown before he made it big? Hugh spent two years working as a clown for children's parties. His first gig was for a group of 6-year-olds when, five minutes in the birthday boy started screaming "He's not a clown. He's just a man!" Not knowing what else to do, "I resorted to smashing eggs on my head and letting 15 boys jump all over me," the actor tells the Globe. "It was the hardest $50 I ever earned."
DID YOU KNOW THAT
-- Hugh Jackman worked as a clown before he made it big? Hugh spent two years working as a clown for children's parties. His first gig was for a group of 6-year-olds when, five minutes in the birthday boy started screaming "He's not a clown. He's just a man!" Not knowing what else to do, "I resorted to smashing eggs on my head and letting 15 boys jump all over me," the actor tells the Globe. "It was the hardest $50 I ever earned."
Jackman Recording Jazz Album
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Australian actor Hugh Jackman is planning to branch out into the music world by recording a jazz-based album. The X-Men hunk - who recently won a Tony Award for his performance as Peter Allen in acclaimed Broadway production The Boy From Oz - is currently working on the project with musician Richard Marx , but recording it has proved to be a tough task. Marx says, "I love working with him. The only problem is that between his Broadway show schedule and my schedule, we're just having a hard time finding time to get in the studio. We've been talking on the phone and emailing each other to slot some time over the next couple of months to try and get the record done so we can put it out in the spring. I need some time to really zero in on his vocals so that everyone can see just how good a singer he really is. We're doing tunes like the old Charlie Chaplin song 'Smile,' 'Ole Black Magic,' 'Beyond The Sea' and an updated arrangement of the Beatles' 'And I Love Her' that's really amazing."
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Australian actor Hugh Jackman is planning to branch out into the music world by recording a jazz-based album. The X-Men hunk - who recently won a Tony Award for his performance as Peter Allen in acclaimed Broadway production The Boy From Oz - is currently working on the project with musician Richard Marx , but recording it has proved to be a tough task. Marx says, "I love working with him. The only problem is that between his Broadway show schedule and my schedule, we're just having a hard time finding time to get in the studio. We've been talking on the phone and emailing each other to slot some time over the next couple of months to try and get the record done so we can put it out in the spring. I need some time to really zero in on his vocals so that everyone can see just how good a singer he really is. We're doing tunes like the old Charlie Chaplin song 'Smile,' 'Ole Black Magic,' 'Beyond The Sea' and an updated arrangement of the Beatles' 'And I Love Her' that's really amazing."
Off the Boards
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Sadly, Hugh Jackman is ending his Tony-winning run as Peter Allen in the Broadway show The Boy From Oz on Sunday. (Some tickets for his farewell performance, the show's finale, are up to $350.) After nearly a year of performing the show eight times per week, we wondered, would he consider another shot at the Great White Way? "(Hugh has) no plans for Broadway anytime soon," says his assistant, John Palermo. ("I am really, really tired," Jackman told the New York Times this week. "I don't think I've ever worked this hard, and probably never will again.") Instead, the X-Men star (who turns 36 Oct. 12) will go on safari in South Africa, then head home to Australia for a month. In November, he's back to work, filming the $40 million sci-fi flick The Fountain in Montreal.
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Sadly, Hugh Jackman is ending his Tony-winning run as Peter Allen in the Broadway show The Boy From Oz on Sunday. (Some tickets for his farewell performance, the show's finale, are up to $350.) After nearly a year of performing the show eight times per week, we wondered, would he consider another shot at the Great White Way? "(Hugh has) no plans for Broadway anytime soon," says his assistant, John Palermo. ("I am really, really tired," Jackman told the New York Times this week. "I don't think I've ever worked this hard, and probably never will again.") Instead, the X-Men star (who turns 36 Oct. 12) will go on safari in South Africa, then head home to Australia for a month. In November, he's back to work, filming the $40 million sci-fi flick The Fountain in Montreal.
FAMILY ACTIVITY
Hugh Jackman enjoys a little hang time with son Oscar, 4, and wife Deborra-Lee Furness (not pictured) at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., on Monday. It's a rare spare moment for Jackman, who's been performing eight shows a week on Broadway in The Boy from Oz. He'll get to rest after Sunday, when the show closes.
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Hunks Down Under: Eric Bana and Hugh Jackman give the girls something to swoon about.
Four-year-old Oscar gets a grip on his parents, Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-lee Furness, as the trio enjoys a Sunday afternoon out in New York City. Jackman is on a break from filming the sci-fi film The Fountain in Montreal.
Hugh Jackman & His Wife Adopt a Daughter
Wednesday Jul 27, 2005 2:00pm EST
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Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee
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X-Men hunk Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee Furness, have adopted a baby girl, PEOPLE has learned.
Ava Eliot, who was born on July 10, joins the couple's 5-year-old adopted son Oscar.
A source close to the 36-year-old actor, who is reprising his role as Wolverine in the upcoming X-Men 3 says, "The family is thrilled."
Jackman and Furness, who married in 1996, met while starring in the Australian TV series Correlli in 1995.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2005 2:00pm EST
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Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee
CREDIT: ALLOCCA FERREIRA / STARTRAKSPHOTO
X-Men hunk Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee Furness, have adopted a baby girl, PEOPLE has learned.
Ava Eliot, who was born on July 10, joins the couple's 5-year-old adopted son Oscar.
A source close to the 36-year-old actor, who is reprising his role as Wolverine in the upcoming X-Men 3 says, "The family is thrilled."
Jackman and Furness, who married in 1996, met while starring in the Australian TV series Correlli in 1995.
X-Men 3 tough guy Hugh Jackman shows off his softer side with his kids, Ava Eliot, 5 months, and Oscar Maximillian, 5, in Melbourne.
Hugh Jackman w/ wife & kids at a Malibu park 2/27
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Per the New York Post, Hugh Jackman is a wanted man, being ardently wooed by the producers of both a Pal Joey revival and a Stop the World — I Want to Get Off redo.
Per the New York Post, Hugh Jackman is a wanted man, being ardently wooed by the producers of both a Pal Joey revival and a Stop the World — I Want to Get Off redo.
Everyone says his wife is a Beard. But, it's nice to see in the photos that they spend a bit of time together in day-to-day life; she's not purely trotted out for red carpet events and then dismissed the rest of the time.
HUGH Jackman and wife Deborra-lee Furness are reeling with with the tragic news the birth mother of their adopted son Oscar has killed herself.
Amber Sanders, 28, endured a long battle with drugs and depression after having given away her boy to the Aussie actors, while two other children were taken away by social services.
"She was very distraught over never being able to see her son Oscar," her father Tom Lanhem has told New Idea.
"She was upset over losing her other children and ending up as a homeless person. And then there were the drugs."
Jackman, 37, and Furness, 45, are now reportedly trying to decide whether to tell five-year-old Oscar about his mother or wait until he is older.
The celebrity parents also have an adopted seven-month-old daughter Ava.
Amber Sanders, 28, endured a long battle with drugs and depression after having given away her boy to the Aussie actors, while two other children were taken away by social services.
"She was very distraught over never being able to see her son Oscar," her father Tom Lanhem has told New Idea.
"She was upset over losing her other children and ending up as a homeless person. And then there were the drugs."
Jackman, 37, and Furness, 45, are now reportedly trying to decide whether to tell five-year-old Oscar about his mother or wait until he is older.
The celebrity parents also have an adopted seven-month-old daughter Ava.
No! I heard he adopted the kid with his current wife, Deborah Furness.
QUOTE (Freckles @ Mar 22 2006, 08:54 PM)
No! I heard he adopted the kid with his current wife, Deborah Furness.
Yes, that's what the article said too--what are you disputing?? (I don't think he's been married to anyone but Furness, has he??)
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It's Easy Being Green!
Los Angeles, California :: Father-son duo Hugh Jackman, 37, and Oscar Jackman, who turns six in exactly two weeks, were all smiles last night as they sat courtside during Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center. The Lakers defeated the Suns 99-98 to lead the best-of-seven series 3-1.
Hugh Jackman's son, Oscar, chats courtside with David Arquette.
It's Easy Being Green!
Los Angeles, California :: Father-son duo Hugh Jackman, 37, and Oscar Jackman, who turns six in exactly two weeks, were all smiles last night as they sat courtside during Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center. The Lakers defeated the Suns 99-98 to lead the best-of-seven series 3-1.
Hugh Jackman's son, Oscar, chats courtside with David Arquette.
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Actor Hugh Jackman was the victim of the "the biggest Punk'd they've ever done", and was left horrified by the incident.
The X-Men star was invited to the house of the film's director Brett Ratner and was persuaded to try and fix his barbecue. When Jackman failed to get it to work, the pair went out to dinner.
When they returned, the whole house was in flames.
"When we get back there are four fire trucks, 100 fireman. The entire house is on fire. They had explosions, they had smoke, they were throwing couches out the window. After five minutes the guy came down and says, 'We've discovered the source--it's coming from the barbecue.'
Jackman was terrified he had caused the damage, as well as harm to three other houses.
"When the guy told me I'd been Punk'd, I was so into it I was like, 'How can he be joking at a time like this?' When I finally realized (what was going on), I just lay down on the ground." [DigitalSpy]
Actor Hugh Jackman was the victim of the "the biggest Punk'd they've ever done", and was left horrified by the incident.
The X-Men star was invited to the house of the film's director Brett Ratner and was persuaded to try and fix his barbecue. When Jackman failed to get it to work, the pair went out to dinner.
When they returned, the whole house was in flames.
"When we get back there are four fire trucks, 100 fireman. The entire house is on fire. They had explosions, they had smoke, they were throwing couches out the window. After five minutes the guy came down and says, 'We've discovered the source--it's coming from the barbecue.'
Jackman was terrified he had caused the damage, as well as harm to three other houses.
"When the guy told me I'd been Punk'd, I was so into it I was like, 'How can he be joking at a time like this?' When I finally realized (what was going on), I just lay down on the ground." [DigitalSpy]
I was always the gullible kid growing up; I would be SOOOOO incredibly pissed off if I were punk'd. I can't even bring myself to watch the show, I think the concept is so horrible.....
HUGH JACKMAN's wife makes him dress in his WOLVERINE X-MEN outfit in the bedroom to spice up their sex-life. The Australian actor reveals DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS loves the hairy suit and insisted he keep hold of it after shooting on the third installment wrapped. He says, "I feel a bit silly in that outfit but, believe me, my wife, really, really likes it. "They'll have to make a new one for the next movie because she won't let me part with it."
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Who needs a Wolverine suit when you have Hugh Jackman? Good lord that man is so insanely hot...
Does anyone believe he and his wife do anything in the bedroom, either with or without the wolverine suit? I think the only furry thing he needs is his BEARD (aka, Deborah). He is smokin' hot and gay gay gay.
Hugh Jackman and son at Lakers game (04/30/2006)
QUOTE (princess @ May 25 2006, 09:47 AM)
Looks like Hugh is talking to David Arquette.
Best story of the day....Hugh Jackman at Fleet Week, courtesy of defamer
Just two days after Ryan Seacrest's ass was extricated from a collapsed glass coffee table by some extremely secure firemen, "musical competition-emceeing heartthrobs surrounded by hunks in uniform" week continues with this photo of Tony Awards host and X-Men: The Last Stand star Hugh Jackman, with co-stars Kelsey Grammer and Halle Berry, in a morale-raising PR stop aboard the USS Kearsarge. At one point, USA Today reports, Jackman told the crowd, "Not everyone can get their photo with Halle, [but] I do have Halle's phone number here." The ruse instantly served its purpose, with all 1500 voracious servicemen pouncing on Jackman at once in a chaotic attempt at collecting the exclusive digits. White pants, caps, and scarves flew every which way, until all that was left was a massive, groaning mound of twisted male limbs. Minutes later, a battered Jackman crawled out with a wholely satisfied look on his face, the crumpled, blank piece of paper still clutched in his sailor-sullied hands.
* A love boat for 'X-Men' stars [USA Today]
Just two days after Ryan Seacrest's ass was extricated from a collapsed glass coffee table by some extremely secure firemen, "musical competition-emceeing heartthrobs surrounded by hunks in uniform" week continues with this photo of Tony Awards host and X-Men: The Last Stand star Hugh Jackman, with co-stars Kelsey Grammer and Halle Berry, in a morale-raising PR stop aboard the USS Kearsarge. At one point, USA Today reports, Jackman told the crowd, "Not everyone can get their photo with Halle, [but] I do have Halle's phone number here." The ruse instantly served its purpose, with all 1500 voracious servicemen pouncing on Jackman at once in a chaotic attempt at collecting the exclusive digits. White pants, caps, and scarves flew every which way, until all that was left was a massive, groaning mound of twisted male limbs. Minutes later, a battered Jackman crawled out with a wholely satisfied look on his face, the crumpled, blank piece of paper still clutched in his sailor-sullied hands.
* A love boat for 'X-Men' stars [USA Today]
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May 26, 2006
Hugh Jackman Is Not A Steroid Using Homosexual
Filed under: Gays , Hugh Jackman , Rumor Mill , Steroids
Hugh Jackman wants to set the record straight, so to speak. There are a few rumors that he'd like to clear up. He bulked up quite a bit for X-Men, but that was due to his own hard work. Secondly, despite him playing a dancing and singing homosexual on Broadway, he is not himself a homosexual. Got it?
Jackman says: "I would never take steroids, I think nothing is worse. I had to do an hour and a half in the gym every morning.
"But there were some special effects too, They even managed to make Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart look years younger."
And in regards to the gay rumors . . .
But the main concern of many female fans was whether or not Jackson was gay. He says, "My wife saw the show about 40 times and she'd laugh every time she went to the washroom in the interval. All she'd hear was, 'Is he or isn't he one?' Then someone else would say, 'Oh, that doesn't mean anything!' We had a good laugh about it. "I didn't get any awkward propositions from men, but I was already used to the gay scene, having been brought up in Sydney."
QUOTE (taco @ May 26 2006, 10:40 AM)
And in regards to the gay rumors . . .
But the main concern of many female fans was whether or not Jackson was gay. He says, "My wife saw the show about 40 times and she'd laugh every time she went to the washroom in the interval. All she'd hear was, 'Is he or isn't he one?' Then someone else would say, 'Oh, that doesn't mean anything!' We had a good laugh about it. "I didn't get any awkward propositions from men, but I was already used to the gay scene, having been brought up in Sydney."
But the main concern of many female fans was whether or not Jackson was gay. He says, "My wife saw the show about 40 times and she'd laugh every time she went to the washroom in the interval. All she'd hear was, 'Is he or isn't he one?' Then someone else would say, 'Oh, that doesn't mean anything!' We had a good laugh about it. "I didn't get any awkward propositions from men, but I was already used to the gay scene, having been brought up in Sydney."
But he didn't answer the question...
I saw him in the play. He's so TALL! Very talented, very hot, regardless of which way he leans...
EASTWOOD CUTS JACKMAN DOWN TO SIZE
Movie legend CLINT EASTWOOD put HUGH JACKMAN in his place when the pair met recently and the Australian actor compared himself to the DIRTY HARRY star. The X-MEN star bumped into Eastwood and commented how he had been told how they look alike. But Eastwood, 76 on Wednesday (31MAY06), was unimpressed. Jackman, 37, says, "(I said), 'A few people have been saying I look a little bit like you.' "He just looked at me and said, 'You're holding up the line, kid.'"
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Movie legend CLINT EASTWOOD put HUGH JACKMAN in his place when the pair met recently and the Australian actor compared himself to the DIRTY HARRY star. The X-MEN star bumped into Eastwood and commented how he had been told how they look alike. But Eastwood, 76 on Wednesday (31MAY06), was unimpressed. Jackman, 37, says, "(I said), 'A few people have been saying I look a little bit like you.' "He just looked at me and said, 'You're holding up the line, kid.'"
29/05/2006 12:33
Along with the success of X-Men 3, Hugh Jackman has one more reason to celebrate. The actor and his wife have offically adopted their daughter Ava who was born via surrogacy last year.
Hugh Jackman has officially adopted baby daughter Ava after a tearful court hearing earlier this month. The actor and his wife became parents to the little girl last year through surrogacy and spent months cutting through red tape to make her his second adopted child. Jackman admits the adoption hearing was a truly joyful experience: "We did the official adoption last week in her home county so we went there and we went to this little courthouse and the judge was so happy because he spends his day with divorces and things like that, so to have an adoption is a happy occasion. "We, of course, cried the entire time and Ava just flirted with the judge, picked up his gavel and started eating it." Jackman and his wife adopted son Oscar in May 2000.
Hugh Jackman has officially adopted baby daughter Ava after a tearful court hearing earlier this month. The actor and his wife became parents to the little girl last year through surrogacy and spent months cutting through red tape to make her his second adopted child. Jackman admits the adoption hearing was a truly joyful experience: "We did the official adoption last week in her home county so we went there and we went to this little courthouse and the judge was so happy because he spends his day with divorces and things like that, so to have an adoption is a happy occasion. "We, of course, cried the entire time and Ava just flirted with the judge, picked up his gavel and started eating it." Jackman and his wife adopted son Oscar in May 2000.
QUOTE (heybabes @ Jun 7 2006, 05:03 PM) 
Is he presenting?
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